Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WOSlinkerBot 6


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WOSlinkerBot 6
Operator:

Time filed: 18:13, Thursday, May 14, 2020 (UTC)

Function overview: Remove un-needed border, cellpadding & cellspacing options from tables

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Javascript

Source code available: At User:WOSlinkerBot/tabletidy.js

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate):

Edit period(s): one time run

Estimated number of pages affected: 6200 ([//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&limit=500&offset=0&profile=default&search=insource%3A%2F%5C%7B%5C%7C+border%5C%3D%5C%221%5C%22+cellpadding%5C%3D%5C%222%5C%22+cellspacing%5C%3D%5C%220%5C%22+class%5C%3D%5C%22wikitable%2F&ns0=1 source])

Namespace(s): Mainspace

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

Function details: There are tables that contain the following   The border, cellpadding & cellspacing are not needed because the class is set to wikitable, so those parameters can be removed.

Discussion
What happens if this code is left in, other than "being messy" and/or "unnecessary"? Primefac (talk) 00:37, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Nothing happens. If you think that is going count as just a cosmetic edit then let me know and I'll withdraw it. -- WOSlinker (talk) 07:32, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd support this task happening. -- The SandDoctor Talk 05:35, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Discussed it with TSD on IRC, there's not much harm in performing this task and it will make the code easier to deal with in the future. Trusted bot operator and relatively simple find/replace so no need for trial. Primefac (talk) 20:55, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
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